23 OCTOBER 1830, Page 9

SIR WALTER SCOTT AND CHARLES THE TENTH;

CHARLES the Tenth and his family left Lalworth Castle on Satur- day ; the Ex-King for Poole, whence its was his intention to pro- ceed by a steam-boat to Edinburgh ; the • rest of the family go thither by land. • Our contemporary the Herald says the Duke and Duchess D'ANGOULEME will travel incognito, on foot ! Bare- foot, we suppose, or with pease in their shoes, as a penance. On the subject of the visit of CHARLES to his former residence at Holyrood, a notice has appeared in the Observer, Edinburgh newspaper, from the pen of Sir WALTER SCOTT ; in which, with singular tact, and with that fine feeling that pervades all his writ- ings, the amiable Baronet recommends to the sufferance of his fellow townsmen the aged and exiled King. We hope such an appeal was not necessary ; we hope there is not in Britain a man, even among the lowest of the low; that Would heap insult on a feeble, fallen man, and a stranger. Besides, the people of Edin-

burgh can hardly envy CHARLES a temporary shelter in the com- .

mon. refugium of the unfortunate. If he confer no honour, he will derive as little from his residence in the Abbey.

The following is Sir WALTER'S letter :—

" We are enabled to announce from authority, that Charles of Bourbon, the ex-King of France, is about to become once more our fellow-citizen, though probably for only a limited space, and is presently about to repair to Edinburgh, in order again to inhabit the apartments which he long ago occupied in Holyrood [louse. This temporary arrangemens, it is said, has been made in compliance with his own request, with which our bene- volent Monarch immediately complied, willing to consult, in every respect possible, the feelings of a Prince under the pressure of misfortunes, which are, perhaps, the more severe, if incurred through bad advice, error, or rashness. The attendants'of the late Sovereign will be reduced to the least possible number, and consist chiefly.ofladies and children ; and his style of life will be strictly retired. In these circumstances, it would be un- worthy, of us, as Scotsmen or as men, if this most unfortunate family should meet a word or look from the Meanest individual, tending to ag- gravate feelings which must be at present so acute as to receive injury from insults, which, in other times, could be passed with perfect disregard. -"aiis late opponents in. his kingdoM, have gained the applause of Europe for . the generosity with which they have used their victory; and the respect which they have paid to"theniselves in moderation towards an enemy. It would be a gross contrast to that part of their conduct, which has been most 'geherally applauded, were we, who are strangers to the strife, to affect a deeper, esentment than those it concerned closely. "Those who can reeollect the former residence of this unhappy Prince, inour Northern capita]„cannot but remember the untibtil.isive and quiet manner in which. his little court was then conducted ; end now, still further restricted and diminished, heatiay niturally 'expect to be received with civility and respestby a nation whose good-will betas done nothing to forfeit. Whatever may have been his errors towards his own subjects, we cannot but remember, in his adyetsity, that he did not in hia pros- perity,forget that Edinburgh, had extended her hospitality towards him, but, atthe period when the fires consumed so much of the city, sent a • princely benefaction to the sufferers, with a letter; which made it more valuable, by stating the feelingstowards the city of the then Royal donor. We also state, without hazard of contradiction, that his attention to indi- viduals connected with this city was uniformly and handsoniely rendered to those entitled to claim them. But he never did or could display a more flattering confidence than when he Shows that -the recollections of his. former aSyltim here have inclined him a second time to return to the

place where he formerly found refuge. •

"If there can be any who retain angry or invidious recollections of'late events in France, they-ought to remark that the ex-Monarch has, by his abdication, renounced the conflict into which, perhaps,'he was engaged by bad advisers ; that he can no longer be the object of resentment to the brave, but remains to all the most striking emblem of the mutability of human affairs which our mutable times have afforded: He may say, with

our own deposed Richard. . . . .

With my ownhands Lglye away my crown, With my own tears I Ivash away my balm,

With my own tongue I 'do deny my state' • - •

Ile brings among us his gray discrowned head ; and in ' a nation of gentlemen,' as we wereerhphatically termed by the very highest authority, it is impossible, we trust, to find a man mean enough to insult theilightest hair of it.

.” It is iMpoisible to omiastating, that if angry' recollections orkeen party feeling should make any persons 'Consider the exiled and deposed Monarch as a subject of resentment, no token of such feelings could be exhibited without the greater part of .-the pain.being felt by the helpless females, of whom the Duchess-of Angouleme, in, particular, has been so long distinguished.by her courage and her misfortunes. . ," The person who writes these few lines is leaving his native city, never to return a iiiiiiianent resid'ent.. He has some reason to be proud of dis- tinctions received from his fellow-citizens; and he. has 'not the 'slightest doubt the taste and good 'feeling of those whom he will still. term, so will dictate to them the quiet, civil, and respectful tone of feeling which will do honour both to their heads and their hearts, which have seldom been appealed to in vain.

"The Frenchman, Melinet, in .mentioning the refuge afforded by Edinburgh to Henry VI., in his distress,. records it as tbemost hospitable -town in Europe. It is a testimony to be proud of, and sincerely do I hope 'there is little danger of forfeiting'it Ivan the-present occasion."